Sunday, 27 April 2014

Vatican Declares Popes John Paul II And John XXIII Saints

Pope Francis has declared two of his predecessors, John Paul II and John XXIII, saints of the Roman Catholic church.

During the official proclamation at about 10.15am today, Pope Francis
paid tribute to "two men of courage" who he said had "co-operated with
the Holy Spirit in renewing and updating the church". He said:

"We declare and define Blessed John XXIII and John Paul II to be saints
and we enrol them among the saints, decreeing that they are to be
venerated as such by the whole church. They were
priests, bishops and popes of the 20th century. They lived through the
tragic events of that century, but they were not overwhelmed by them.Continue...

John XXIII, he said, was a pastor to the church, "a servant leader" who
had called the Second Vatican Council. John Paul II, meanwhile, was "the
pope of the family". Pope Francis said he hoped the two new saints
would intercede with God "so that … [the church] may be open to the Holy
Spirit in pastoral service to the family".

Carrying flags, backpacks and rolled foam mattresses, over 500,000
pilgrims from all over the world had flocked into Vatican City overnight
to attend the unprecedented double-canonisation mass in St Peter's
Square.

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